Minnesota Star Tribune – Bias and Credibility

These media sources have a slight to moderate liberal bias.  They often publish factual information that utilizes loaded words (wording that attempts to influence an audience by appealing to emotion or stereotypes) to favor liberal causes.  These sources are generally trustworthy for information but may require further investigation.

• Overall, we rate the Minnesota Star-Tribune as Left-Center Biased based on editorial positions that moderately favor the left. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact-check record.

Detailed Report

Bias Rating: LEFT-CENTER
Factual Reporting: HIGH
Country: USA
MBFC’s Country Freedom Rank: MOSTLY FREE
Media Type: Newspaper
Traffic/Popularity: High Traffic
MBFC Credibility Rating: HIGH CREDIBILITY

History

Founded in 1867, The Minnesota Star-Tribune (Formerly Minneapolis Star-Tribune) is the largest newspaper in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The Minnesota Star Tribune primarily serves the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area and is distributed throughout Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. It typically contains a mixture of national, international, and local news, sports, business, and lifestyle content.

The Minnesota Star Tribune has won 6 Pulitzer Prizes.

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Funded by / Ownership

The paper is privately published by Minnesota Star Tribune Media Company LLC, which is owned by Glenn Taylor, who is an American billionaire businessman who is the majority owner of the Minnesota Timberwolves NBA basketball team, owner of the Minnesota Lynx WNBA basketball team, and a former Republican member of the Minnesota Senate. The paper is funded through advertising and subscriptions.

Analysis / Bias

In review, the Minneapolis Minnesota Star Tribune covers local news through journalists with minimal bias such as this: Taxes may rise on cabins rented part time. National and international news is republished through the Associated Press. The newspaper also features a section dedicated to politics that utilize such sources as the New York Times and the Associated Press.

Editorially, the Minnesota Star Tribune has endorsed Democratic Presidential candidates since 1984, including Hillary Clinton in 2016 and Joe Biden in 2020. Op-eds are fairly balanced; however, some certainly favor the left, such as this: Walz makes the ticket. Good. In general, the news is reported factually, while editorially, they moderately favor the left.

Failed Fact Checks

• None in the Last 5 years

Overall, we rate the Minnesota Star Tribune as Left-Center Biased based on editorial positions that moderately favor the left. We also rate them High for factual reporting due to proper sourcing and a clean fact-check record. (6/18/2016) Updated (D. Van Zandt 08/21/2024)

Source: http://www.startribune.com/